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So, these two pretty much only drink out of the toilet. Their previous owner gave me their plastic food and water bowls and at first I tried food in one side, water in the other, like most people. It's a little stand with two bowls that fit into it. I kept finding water splashed into the food because they love to slide on my tile floors and they crash into their bowl sometimes. I noticed them drinking out of the toilet (I question the sanitary-ness of this, but it's always flushed and I don't use any of those leave in chemical things). They also fight over the food bowl so I started dividing what little dry food they get into the two dishes and putting their water in a stoneware crock that holds a quart, maybe quart and a half. Thought it might remind them of the toilet. LOL. They ignore it and continue to drink from the toilet. It's really not feasable to expect my kids to close the bathroom door every time to keep them out of the bathroom, and I try to shut the toilet but not everyone does.
So. I was thinking of getting them a fountain. Who has one? Does your cat use it? Any toilet drinkers who have been converted to fountain drinkers? I know Drinkwell is popular, I see a Hagen Catit drinking fountain on Amazon for $20, it gets good reviews, just wondering if MY cats would use it. And last but not least, do they all have to plug in or do any of them take batteries? Where I keep their bowls there is no outlet but if I had to I could move it to either the kitchen or the bathroom. Right now it's in between.
Soooo... any suggestions or experience with this?
So. I was thinking of getting them a fountain. Who has one? Does your cat use it? Any toilet drinkers who have been converted to fountain drinkers? I know Drinkwell is popular, I see a Hagen Catit drinking fountain on Amazon for $20, it gets good reviews, just wondering if MY cats would use it. And last but not least, do they all have to plug in or do any of them take batteries? Where I keep their bowls there is no outlet but if I had to I could move it to either the kitchen or the bathroom. Right now it's in between.
Soooo... any suggestions or experience with this?